Observed increase of TTL temperature and water vapor in polluted clouds over Asia

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2728-2736

  Su, Hui ^a   Jiang, Jonathan H ^a   Liu, Xiaohong ^b   Penner, Joyce E ^c   Read, William G ^a   Massie, Steven ^d   Schoeber, Mark R ^e,f   Colarco, Peter ^e   Livesey, Nathaniel J ^a   Santee, Michelle L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols particulates; Asia; Clouds; Pollution; Satellite observations; Temperature; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BOREAL WINTERS; EAST ASIA; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; ICE CLOUDS; LIMB SOUNDER; MARITIME CONTINENT; RADIATIVE HEATING; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; POLLUTION; RADIANT HEATING; TROPOSPHERE;

WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLOUD; MASS TRANSPORT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA;

EID: 78751497944     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3749.1     Document Type: Article

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